Solubility and uptake of heavy metals from a Swedish soil |
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Authors: | Lambert Wiklander Kaarel Vahtras |
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Institution: | Department of Soil Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Sweden |
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Abstract: | Samples of the surface layer (Ap) and of grass, collected from: (1) grass ley fertilized in the normal way; (2) permanent pasture fertilized in the normal way; and (3) permanent pasture treated with large amounts of sewage sludge five years earlier, were analysed for Mn, Zn, Cu, Cr, Co, Ni, Pb, and Cd.The soil samples were extracted with: (1) distilled water saturated with CO2; (2) 1 M neutral ammonium acetate; (3) ammonium acetate + acetic acid, pH 4.75; and (4) 2 M nitric acid on a waterbath. The efficiency of these extractants differed greatly and, in relative values, was: 1 for H2O + CO2, 3.4 for NH4OAc, 20.7 for NH4OAc + HOAc, and 343 for 2 M HNO3- The dissolving effects of the extractants differed markedly with the kind of element.Grass from the field treated with sewage sludge showed much higher contents of Mn and Zn and somewhat higher contents of Cu and Pb than grass from the untreated field. The levels of Cr, Co, Ni, and Cd were practically uninfluenced by the treatment. Grass from a field close to a highway accumulated large amounts of air-borne Pb and Cd during the summer.It is concluded that the total contents of heavy metals in soils have only limited importance for the uptake by plants. Weak extractants therefore give better information about the plant-available amounts in soils. |
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